<![CDATA[ABSTRAKMahasiswa mengalami stres dari berbagai sumber, salah satunya adalah masalah akademik terutama dalam penyelesaian Tugas Akhir. Survey yang dilakukan terhadap 20 mahasiswa PSIK semester VIII menunjukkan bahwa 11 dari 20 mahasiswa mengalami stress sedang dan 9 lainnya stress ringan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Brain Gym terhadap tingkat stress pada mahasiswa PSIK semester VIII Fakultas Kesehatan Universitas Kadiri. Penelitian ini mengunakan metode Quasy Eksperiment pre post control group design dengan teknik random sampling. Hasil Uji Pre-Post Test pada kelompok perlakuan dengan mengunakan Uji Wilcoxon didapatkan nilai p-value = 0,025 sedangkan pada kelompok kontrol didapatkan nilai p-value = 0,157. Hasil analisis menggunakan Man whitney dengan nilai p-value (0,032) dengan α = 0,05 yang menunjukkan ada pengaruh Brain Gym terhadap tingkat stress pada mahasiswa PSIK semester VIII Fakultas Kesehatan Universitas Kadiri. Gerakan senam otak dapat mengaktifkan neocortex dan saraf parasimpatik untuk mengurangi peningkatan hormon adrenalin dalam tubuh. Kata-kata kunci: senam otak, tingkat stress.ABSTRACTStudents experience stress from various sources. One of the sources is academic problems which is associated with the failure of students in completing the academic demands. The survey is done by 20 student of nursing departemen in the eight semester showed that 11 of them got stress in medium level and 9 stress in low level. One method to reduce srtess is to brain gym. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of exercise on the brain towards stress level on nursing students VIII semester of the Faculty of Health Science, University of Kadiri. A pre-post quasy experimental control group design was used in this study with Random sampling technique of all of nursing students VIII semester of the Faculty of Health Science, University of Kadiri. The result of post test for threatment froup used Wilcoxon test was gotten P-value 0,025 while for control group was gotten p-value = 0,157. The analyze result used Man Whitney with P-value = 0,032 with α = 0,05. It showed there is an influence of brain gym toward stress level of nursing students in eight semester of Health Science Faculty of Kadiri University. The motion of brain gym can activate neocortex and parasympathy nerve to reduce the increase of adrenalin hormon in the body.Keywords: brain gym, stress levels.]]>
